Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope.
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Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope.
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Pope, Walter, d. 1714.
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London :: Printed for Thomas Horne ...,
1698.
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Fables.
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"Moral and political fables, ancient and modern done into measured prose intermixed with ryme by Dr. Walter Pope." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A55424.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2024.
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FAB. CVII. Hope.
HEalth, Wisdom, Wealth, Empire, and all the GoodsThat Mankind can enjoy, or can desire,Iove put into a Pot, and soald it up,Then gave it to a Friend, on Earth, to keep,With a Command, he should not break the Seal;But he could not refrain therein to peep.
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Upon the opening of the Pot, they allReturnd in hast, to Heaven, from whence they came.Only Hope, loath to depart, stayd on the Brim.And ever since, is to the Afflicted Kind,Loving their Company, whom Fortune hates.
The MORAL.
Hope, of all Miseries that Men endure,Is the only Cheap, and Universal Cure. Cowley.
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